** ART FILM SCREENING: FRIDA KAHLO
** THURSDAY 12/12 @ 7:00 PM
This documentary film tells the life story of the well known Mexican surrealist artist, & analyzes her work, its evolution & influences. Free screening.

** CHILDREN'S ACTIVITY: ITALIAN CLOWN GRAMPIED
** THURSDAY 16/1 @ 4 PM
A former math teacher turned performance artist, story teller, & clown, will give a demonstration of a clown act with a difference. Grampied is currently in Palestine as a member of the International Solidarity Missions.

** BOOK LAUNCH & DISCUSSION: "TOMB OF THE LIVING" (MADFAN AL AHYAA) by WALID HODALI
** SATURDAY 18/1 @ 6 PM
This book features testimonies by Arab prisoners held in Israeli jails for various durations. The stories of these young men's arrests & unlawful jailings, dreams & aspirations, are recorded by Walid Hodali who was recently freed from 13 years imprisonment himself. This is his first book, recently published by Bayt-al-She'er. The book will be presented by poet Mourad Soudani, in presence of the author.

** ART EXHIBIT: QASSIDAT BEIRUT by RACHID KORAICHI
** SATURDAY 20/1 @ 6:00 PM
We are pleased to host the second exhibit by renowned Algerian artist Rachid Koraichi. This collection of prints was inspired by Mahmoud Darwish's poem of Beirut about the Palestinian exile from the Lebanese capital after the bloody 1982 Israeli invasion. The exhibit features prints made by Koraichi, & the poem itself. The collection is a gift to the Centre's permanent art collection, & is the second collaboration between Koraichi & Darwish, after the "Nation in Exile" project.

** ART FILM SCREENING: “JACKSON POLLOCK"
** WEDNESDAY 22/1 @ 6:00 PM
The documentary film tells the life story of the well known American painting great, & analyzes his work, innovations, influences. Free screening.